General Dynamics Unveils AD(X) VLS-Reloading Destroyer TenderGeneral Dynamics NASSCO is looking to U.S. Navy for interest in new VLS reloading destroyer tenders, known as AD(X), as part of a combined buy of common hulls with the future AS(X) submarine tender. NASSCO provided new details on AS(X) as well as the potential AD(X) destroyer tender in an interview with Brett Hershman, Director of Government Relations & Business Development at General Dynamics NASSCO. An AD(X) destroyer tender is shown rearming a destroyer underway in a General Dynamics NASSCO graphic on display at SNA 2026. The destroyer tender concept is based on the AS(X) submarine tender hull which NASSCO is on contract to deliver in coming years. That work will inform the ultimate possibility of a new destroyer tender being added to the fleet.